First Day of Autumn, 2013

22 September 2013
1730 Hours PDT Log
Current Temperature and Condition:
74° F | 23° C
Clear

Astronomy:

22 September 2013      Rise:        Set:
Actual Time            6:52 AM PDT  7:00 PM PDT
Civil Twilight         6:25 AM PDT  7:26 PM PDT
Nautical Twilight      5:55 AM PDT  7:57 PM PDT
Astronomical Twilight  5:24 AM PDT  8:27 PM PDT
Moon                   8:58 PM PDT 10:12 AM PDT

Length of Visible Light 13h 0m
Length of Day 12h 08m
Tomorrow will be 2m 24s shorter.

Waning Gibbous, 85% of the Moon is Illuminated.

Autumn
Mrs. J. I. McKinney (1887)

Who is it that paints the woodlands
Like a gorgeous gown of gold;
Dropping, here and there, a ripple
Of vermilion in each fold?
Who is it that calls the robins
And the blackbirds into bands;
Pointing them with flaming fingers,
To the sunny, Southern lands?

What has scorched the tender blossoms?
In our yards they’re dying now.
Do you know who kissed the apple
Till it reddened on the bough?
Why so mute the little streamlet?
Down the hill it used to leap;
Now I faintly hear it sobbing—
Sobbing out like one in sleep.

Leaden clouds lay on the heavens,
Like a burden on the heart;
And the winds together whisper,
Sad as loved ones ere they part.
Then anon a dreamy dullness
Hovers over sky and earth;
Ah! my soul reflects the sadness,
And I seek my friendly hearth.

You who love the Indian summer,
So renowned by pen and art,
Go, and revel in the gloaming,
While so sadly pants my heart.
But I can not watch the leaflets,
On the whirlwind as they ride,
For just so a hectic river
Bore my darling from my side.